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Dignity, virtue and punishment : the ethical justification of disciplinary segregation in prisoners

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posted on 2010-11-01, 00:00 authored by Tony Ward
In this paper I reflect on Bersot and Arrigo’s argument that virtue ethics provides a sound ethical theory to guide judicial decisions concerning the legitimacy of subjecting mentality disordered offenders to long-term disciplinary solitary confinement. I expand on three issues evident in the Bersot and Arrigo paper: (1) the nature and justification of punishment; (2) the concept of dignity and its relevance to mentally disordered offenders placed in disciplinary solitary confinement, and (3) the nature and scope of virtue theory in the criminal justice context.

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Journal

Journal of theoretical and philosophical criminology

Volume

1

Season

Special Edition

Pagination

98 - 109

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

2166-8094

Language

eng

Publication classification

CN.1 Other journal article

Copyright notice

2010, American Psychological Association

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